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{{short description|1997 film by Stephen A. Fossati}}
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| image         = 
| caption       = 
| director      = Stephen A. Fossati
| story         = Stephen A. Fossati
| music         = [[George Daugherty]]<br>Cameron Patrick
| starring      = [[Joe Alaskey]]<br>[[June Foray]]
| producer      = [[Chuck Jones]]<br>Linda Jones Clough
| animator      = Tom Decker<br>Patrick Gleeson<br>Roberto Casale
| studio        = [[Warner Bros. Family Entertainment]]<br>[[Warner Bros. Animation]]<br>[[Chuck Jones filmography#Chuck Jones Productions/Enterprises|Chuck Jones Film Productions]]
| distributor   = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
| released      = {{Film date|1997|11|14}}
| color_process = [[Technicolor]]
| runtime       = 8 minutes
| language      = English
}}

'''''Father of the Bird''''' is a 1997 [[Traditional animation|traditionally animated]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' [[short film]] directed and co-produced by Stephen A. Fossati and produced by [[Chuck Jones]] and Linda Jones Clough starring [[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]]. This short only had a limited theatrical release and was the only other Sylvester short Jones' team worked on in which the character speaks (the other being ''[[The Scarlet Pumpernickel]]'' (the only one of the two directed by Jones himself)). This was also the final Sylvester cartoon Chuck Jones was involved with. It was also the final ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' short to have Jones involved in and to use [[Traditional animation#Cels|traditional cel animation]].

==Plot==
[[Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester]] finds a [[House sparrow|sparrow]] egg in a nest. Before he can eat it for breakfast however, a little bird hatches out and calls him "Mama." He warms to the idea of being a father and instead of eating it, he protects the bird throughout a series of near-disasters.

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* {{IMDb title|0119108|Father of the Bird}}

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